Gareth HalfacreeJan 26

#Hackster round-up time, and I'm going to break with tradition and post these out of order - so that I can highlight my very favourite, a look at Piotr Grzesik's M8SBC-486.

It's a motherboard for an Intel i486 or compatible. But... scratch-built. Chipset delivered via #FPGA, two ISA slots, it's capable of running DOS, Windows 3.x (though mouse support is a work-in-progress), Doom... Yeah. Wow.

https://www.hackster.io/news/piotr-grzesik-s-m8sbc-486-is-a-brand-new-motherboard-for-vintage-intel-486-chips-and-it-runs-doom-92ee323ae327

#Technology #News #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #OpenHardware #Makers

Piotr Grzesik's M8SBC-486 Is a Brand-New Motherboard for Vintage Intel 486 Chips — And It Runs Doom

If you've an Intel 486 or compatible lying in a desk drawer, this FPGA-powered motherboard can give it a new lease on life.

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Show threadGareth HalfacreeJan 26

Then a modular(ish) privacy-centric #tablet heading to #crowdfunding heading to crowdfunding soon, the Brax open_slate - the company's already had one successful campaign for a similar smartphone, though it's still in the process of delivering on that.

The big thing: this can run various #Linux distros as well as #Android.

https://www.hackster.io/news/privacy-centric-smartphone-specialist-brax-unveils-the-open-slate-a-more-modular-two-in-one-8111d245fa3a

#Technology #News #Smartphone #Crowdfunding #Hackster

Privacy-Centric Smartphone Specialist Brax Unveils the Open_Slate, a More Modular Two-In-One

Hardware lockouts for cameras, sensors, and radios, an M.2 slot, and a user-replaceable battery promised — along with broad Linux support.

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Show threadGareth Halfacree

Some buttery-smooth graphics demos on a #RaspberryPi Pico 2 next - on a low-res single-colour OLED display. Come for Doom (obviously), stay for the live streaming from Blender and on-chip raytracing engine. A bit of film streaming as a bonus, too.

https://www.hackster.io/news/these-single-color-graphics-demos-push-the-raspberry-pi-pico-2-to-its-limits-c9157c12caed

#Technology #News #Hackster #Microcontroller

These Single-Color Graphics Demos Push the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 to Its Limits

It's amazing what you can do with a 128×64 single-color OLED and a pair of Arm Cortex-M33 cores.

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Show threadGareth HalfacreeJan 26

Peter Schmid's Pocket Power Pack is something for the #ModelRail enthusiasts: an all-in-one device that both powers a small layout and controls it too, all from one box. Bluetooth link to your smartphone as a throttle control, too!

https://www.hackster.io/news/peter-schmid-s-pocket-power-pack-lets-you-run-model-railroads-wherever-you-go-bf2b64d5744b

#Technology #News #Hackster #OpenHardware #Microcontroller #Forth

Peter Schmid's Pocket Power Pack Lets You Run Model Railroads Wherever You Go

Forth-powered project, runnning on a Firefly BLE STM32 board, delivers battery power and locomotive control in one package.

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Show threadGareth HalfacreeJan 26

And finally, a "broken" clock that's right more than once a day: this fully-working off-the-shelf wall clock has a hand that's frozen in place, yet still tells the time perfectly... because Joren Heit's 3D-printed mechanism rotates the entire clock.

https://www.hackster.io/news/joren-heit-s-clock-keeps-perfect-time-with-an-unmoving-hand-by-rotating-its-entire-face-539827db4f13

#Technology #Hackster #News #Art #Clocks #3DPrinting #Microcontroller #OpenHardware

Joren Heit's Clock Keeps Perfect Time with an Unmoving Hand — By Rotating Its Entire Face

Clever 3D-printed mount for an off-the-shelf wall clock cancels out the movement of a chosen hand for some mind-bending timekeeping.

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Show threadGareth HalfacreeJan 26

And, for the first time this week but not the last, it's my pleasure to confirm that, yes, all of that can also be read over the #GeminiProtocol with no ads nor tracking.

gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/

Show threadPhil Thane ✅Jan 26
@ghalfacree
Not necessarily, I just get 'oops an error occurred'. 🥺
Show threadGareth HalfacreeJan 26
@pthane
Working here on both desktop (Lagrange) and mobile (Rosy Crow) - looks like there's been a certificate rollover, so if your client doesn't automatically prompt you may need to delete the old certificate to make way for the new one.
Show threadPhil Thane ✅Jan 26
@ghalfacree
It works if I copy the link and paste into mobile Firefox but not if I just click the link in Fedilab. Oh well.
Show threadGareth HalfacreeJan 26
@pthane
What are you using in Firefox to get Gemini support? The only extensions I've found don't work in the Android version, only the desktop version.
Show threadPhil Thane ✅Jan 27
@ghalfacree
Dunno, I just poked things and it worked. I've lost the link now, if you send it again I'll try again and take notes.
Show threadGareth HalfacreeJan 27

@pthane Here you go:

gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/

You shouldn't be able to open that in stock Firefox, as it's not an HTTP(S) link - it's Gemini Protocol. There are extensions which will let Firefox "open" the link, but only by passing it through a public HTTP-to-Gemini proxy.

Show threadPhil Thane ✅Jan 27
@ghalfacree
I get an error if I just tap the link so I copied it and pasted into Firefox. Yesterday I swear it worked, but today it doesn't. As recall it was a continuous blogroll of links in basic txt mode like a web page from 30 years ago.
Show threadGareth HalfacreeJan 27
@pthane
It should look something like this - but, again, there's absolutely no way you can see that in stock Firefox without using a proxy.
Show threadPhil Thane ✅Jan 27
@ghalfacree
Figured out what I did yesterday. When I pasted the link in Firefox I hadn't deleted the address that was already in the address bar. Do then I tidied it up, deleting the 'wrong' parts and must've ended up with http://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/
That does work and has a link to
http://tilde.club/wiki/ which is what I saw. Sorry for the confusion.
My tilde.club page